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How Much Development Can a Rail Station Lead? A Case Study of Hong Kong

  • Xue, Charlie Qiuli (Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue) ;
  • Sun, Cong (Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue)
  • Published : 2018.06.01
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Abstract

Since the concept was first introduced in the 1970s, transit-oriented-development (TOD) has greatly expanded in East Asian cities such as Hong Kong. Rail stations are built together with clusters of residential-commercial towers and government services to form a new style of living - a "rail village." This paper examines the composition, scale, spatial form, organization and operation of several typical rail villages in Hong Kong. The cases range across those planned from the mid-1990s to 2015. Based on the analysis of the rail village composition, the paper derives a development ratio to indicate the density, effectiveness and efficiency of a rail village catchment area. The ratio provides a useful and direct figure for the comparison of different stations, cities and development modes.

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